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Permalink Reply by Craig Mayhem on May 15, 2013 at 5:36am

What scale are you using? does your neck have a back angle to it?

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Permalink Reply by Tom Lauten on May 15, 2013 at 5:53am

25".....no back angle I'm afraid.

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Permalink Reply by Craig Mayhem on May 15, 2013 at 6:13am

for DAd... maybe use .027 .015 .011 ? That's 16lbs of tension per string, but light gauges...

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Permalink Reply by Tom Lauten on May 15, 2013 at 6:19am

Hmmm...I shall look into that.

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Permalink Reply by Craig Mayhem on May 15, 2013 at 6:21am

oops - I meant .024 for the low D

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on May 15, 2013 at 7:05am

Better a Lowe biscuit than a bowed lift kit...

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on May 15, 2013 at 1:55pm

Guitars need tension to sound any good. Don't waste the strings you got on there, just crank til it works, that'll give you a clue how to adjust your strings next time to get to your target key. In my opinion you're really fumbling in te dark until you identify the key that the strings you have on there want to be...

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Permalink Reply by Randy S. Bretz on May 15, 2013 at 9:00pm

You need the proper string pressure on the biscuit for it to work right, if you have enough room between the cone and the tailpiece I would suggest installing some kind of string tree to help push the strings down giving you the correct string break needed for the biscuit. Usually when builders use my biscuits they have the neck angled down a bit to give a correct break angle over the saddle forcing the biscuit down on the cone. If you need to I guess using small screws through the cone into the biscuit well work, just stay away from the rod...lol. On my first prototype rod biscuit I had the neck angled and it worked like a charm, the correct break angle over the saddle did it`s job securing the biscuit to the cone.

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Permalink Reply by Randy S. Bretz on May 15, 2013 at 9:40pm

 my buddy Michael Ballerini just finished this build using one of the rod biscuits.

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Permalink Reply by Ted Crocker on May 16, 2013 at 11:37am

I had a problem with break angle on one of the resos I made with a Lowe cone, and one of my biscuit/pickups.  Luckily I had made a wild cover plate and I was able to install a piece on the inside to press down on the strings. It worked a charm!  My biscuit/pickups are now a bit taller and it's easier to get a proper break angle of the strings.

More pics of Bojangles here

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Permalink Reply by Tom Lauten on May 16, 2013 at 11:58am

Wow! Fantastic solution!

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Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on May 16, 2013 at 6:45pm

Dang Ted, that's purty!

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